Driving home last night, the alternator light went on... Options

[KaptKaos]

Oh crap, belt broke, or so i thought.

Noticed that the engine spun up a little quicker when the light was on.

Hmm... Hurried home.

Pulled in the driveway, and looked under the car and it's burping oil all over the place!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

Crap, pull it in the garage and shut it down. Let it cool.

Opened the deck lid and checked the burp box to see if maybe it was overflowing or something. Nope.

Put her up in the air, pulled off the tin by the alternator, and checked the belt. Still there. Hmm...

Run my hand along the belt. To the fan, and the fan is moving fore and aft. Belt still on.

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At this point I am not sure what the issue is, so I start the process to drop the motor. Pull the carbs, disconnect linkage, yada yada....

Plan is to drop the motor and pull the tin and take a closer look.

Anyone have this happen before? What was it? What should I be on the lookout for?

I assume I will replace the front main seal, the oil pump seal and the oil cooler seals while I am in there, but anything else I should be looking for?

Please let me know.

TIA

[mrbubblehead]

bummer capt..... i hate that sinking feeling when something like that happens. i have a couple questions. do you think oil got on the fan belt and is slipping on the alternator?

before you drop the engine you should try to isolate the leak. i know its a pia but it has to be done either way. baby powder works well especially if your oil is clean and hard to see.

seals are cheap so im with you on replaceing them while your in there. but you still need to find out where the leak is coming from. that would suck to go thru all this hassel of cleaning and replacing seals and not actually fix the leak. if the oil pump is not leaking i think i would leave it alone.

and for sure it was the alt light and not the oil light?